Full leaders' meeting – Part 1 of 4

At long last, the complete videos of yesterday’s leaders’ meeting, in four parts, courtesy of Kyle Hughes over at nysnys.com.

This one features the opening statements by Gov. David Paterson, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.

The videos are long (around 20 minutes each), but if you ever wanted to see our leaders in action, this is a fantastic display of each in their element, posturing but ultimately not actually getting anything done.